George Charrette

George Charrette (6 June 1867-7 February 1938) was a US Navy lieutenant during the Spanish-American War.

Biography
George Charrette was born in Lowell, Massachusetts on 6 June 1867, and he enlisted in the US Navy in 1884. As a gunner's mate at the time of the Spanish-American War, Charrette and seven others volunteered to sink USS Merrimac in Santiago Harbor to become a blockship, and they were rescued and taken prisoner by the Spanish Navy after their ship was sunk by Spanish gunfire. He was released when the war was ended, and Charrette was awarded the Medal of Honor. Charrette was commissioned as a lieutenant on 3 August 1920, and he retired from the navy five years later. He died in Lowell in 1938 at the age of 70, and the USS Charrette was named for him.